Some Eastern cultures don’t even have a word for "menopause", yet in Western cultures, women (and sometimes for their relatives) can find it a difficult experience. The threshold for the complaint seems to have increased as more women would appear to experience difficulty.
Much has been written about the potential benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy, but in practice only about half of the women who try it wish to continue. Breast engorgement or the return of menstruation may be more acceptable for some than for others, but even without side effects the benefit in some women is disappointing. Besides this, many women remain uneasy about taking hormones for prolonged periods of time, and one cannot yet entirely reassure them. Dietary adjustment has been found most useful.
Table of Beneficial Nutritional Supplements
This information is offered as an introduction to supplements, herbs, foods and substances that are known to help with Menopause. This information is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment and it is suggested that sound advice is taken by an appropriately qualified practitioner.
|
Formula |
Daily Intake |
Inital Period |
Ongoing Intake |
Ongoing |
Vitamins |
MultiVitamin-Mineral |
1 twice daily |
2 weeks |
1 daily |
1 daily |
|
Anti-Oxidant with Co-Q10 |
1 twice daily |
4 weeks |
1-2 daily for 3 months |
1 daily |
|
Karoshil |
2 twice daily |
2 weeks |
1 twice daily |
if required |
Minerals |
Magnesium |
1 twice daily |
4 weeks |
1-2 daily for 3 months |
1 daily |
Fats |
Essential Fatty Acid Complex |
1 twice daily |
2 weeks |
1 twice daily |
if required |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dietary Recommendations
Positive Foods
Cereal grains whole brown rice, barley, oats, wheat grass
Vegetables sweet potato, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, iceberg lettuce, cucumber, miso, soya bean tofu
Fruits freshly squeezed & diluted lemon juice, grapes (including pips), plums, apples
Legumes velvet bean
Teas, Herbs & Spices sarsaparilla, ginger, basil, milk thistle, green tea, turmeric
Nuts & Seeds sesame seeds, sunflower seeds
Fungi Reishi mushrooms, caterpillar fungus
Fish oily fish (except mackerel)
Dairy three to four modest portions of organic live yoghurt per week
Negative Foods
Refined carbohydrates, hydrogenated fats, battery chicken & hens’ eggs, white sugar (sucrose), artificial sweeteners
Coffee, chocolate, alcohol, cheese, salami, pickled foods, most nuts, foods with additives, mackerel
Avoid battery-produced eggs and too much flesh food.
Coffee, tea, tobacco and alcohol all tend to aggravate negative symptoms of the menopause.
Additional Help & Support